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The CA-TSS PPHIST Control Option must be properly set.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID
SV-223891r877732_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure the PPHIST Control Option value to conforms to the following requirements:

PPHIST(10-64)

Example: